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Taliban fighters patrol during cross-border clashes between Taliban security forces and Pakistani soldiers last week.

Behind the truce: What's next for Pak and Afghan Taliban?

October 21, 2025, 03:03 PM - 6 min read

The underlying causes of the conflict have yet to be resolved. How long can the peace hold?

Afghan-Pak hostility to last longer; India’s choices clear

October 19, 2025, 04:33 PM - 6 min read

It is in the highest strategic interest of India to engage with the Taliban, not just because they are in confrontation with Pakistan, but also independent of their Pakistan strategy.

200 Taliban, 23 Pakistani soldiers killed in border clashes

October 13, 2025, 10:33 AM - 3 min read

Afghan Taliban reached out to Qatar for a ceasefire, though officials from the Pakistani establishment said the request was rejected and action continues until they establish peace on the border.

India’s pragmatic engagement with Taliban is welcome

October 12, 2025, 02:38 PM - 7 min read

Interestingly, some oil rich Islamic countries are as ultra-orthodox and puritanical in their interpretation and execution of the Sharia laws as the Taliban. Since they have huge petro-dollars, which allow them to afford million-dollar gifts to “powers that matter”, which obviously the Taliban can’t afford, their “sins” are easily overlooked, while the Taliban are demonised.

Internet blackout hits trade and services in Afghanistan.

Major social media platforms restricted in Afghanistan

October 9, 2025, 01:31 PM - 3 min read

The Taliban has imposed a widespread ban on social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat on mobile phones, days after the regime regained access to internet services in the country.

Strict rules and prohibitions have been imposed on the Afghan people since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021. It is this discriminatory system of control of woman and girls in Afghanistan that is at the core of the court’s prosecution.

Ill-treatment of women: The Hague wants to arrest Taliban leaders

July 21, 2025, 04:07 PM - 6 min read

The warrants – the first ever on charges of gender persecution – are being hailed as an “important vindication and acknowledgement of the rights of Afghan women and girls”.

The Taliban flag flies over the Afghan Embassy in Moscow on Friday, following Russia’s formal recognition of the Taliban government and removal of its long-standing “terrorist” designation.

What Russia’s Taliban recognition means for the region

July 5, 2025, 02:24 PM - 3 min read

Russia has recognised Taliban rule and lifted its terror label, offering cautious hope to Kabul residents, as the war-torn country remains cut off from the West.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has and Taliban’s acting Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi.

Jaishankar reaches out to Taliban, lauds Pahalgam attack stance

May 16, 2025, 07:43 AM - 3 min read

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has held his first-ever conversation with the Taliban’s acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, appreciating Kabul’s condemnation of the recent Pahalgam terror attack, while reaffirming India’s support for Afghan development and cooperation amid ongoing efforts to strengthen bilateral ties.

Indian envoy Anand Prakash holds talks with Taliban officials.

Indian envoy meets Taliban leadership

April 28, 2025, 05:08 PM - 2 min read

Amid ongoing diplomatic friction between India and Pakistan, India’s Special Envoy Anand Prakash visited Kabul to meet with the Taliban leadership.

Taliban fighters patrol through Kabul, Afghanistan. Pictures of such fighters posing with aircraft, weapons and vehicles have been showing upon social media.

US weapons left in Afghanistan now in militant hands: Report

April 20, 2025, 12:39 PM - 4 min read

Nearly half a million weapons left behind by US forces in Afghanistan are now missing, smuggled, or sold to militants in South Asia, according to reports. The Taliban deny allegations, but global security experts warn of growing risks due to online black markets and armed militant resurgence.